She's training "Buddy" the eagle from Norfolk and others

[Donna]

http://weblogs.dailypress.com/features/gardening/diggin-in/2011/01/meet_a_redtailed_hawk_and_barr_1.html

What will make Buddy “ready� for a public debut?

What was his injury and what is his age? Buddy hatched at the Norfolk Botanical Garden in 2008 and was brought to the center with a case of avian pox. Unfortunately, the large pox lesion caused permanent damage to his beak, and as a result, his beak is now crooked. Once a month, Buddy is brought into the wildlife center to have a beak trim.

I started training Buddy full-time in October 2010, and hope to see him getting comfortable in front of the public by late spring. ..... continued